R.I.P What Does it Mean to You? - Think Atheist2015-03-03T23:33:02Zhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/r-i-p-what-does-it-mean-to-you?commentId=1982180%3AComment%3A1246523&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAnd I'm replying to my own co…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2014-04-22:1982180:Comment:14514402014-04-22T02:47:27.241ZMike Colehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MikeCole
<p>And I'm replying to my own comment cuz it is real. And I know it offends some folks. I don't care anymore.</p>
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<p>And I'm replying to my own comment cuz it is real. And I know it offends some folks. I don't care anymore.</p>
<p></p> what if your brain is dead bu…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2014-04-22:1982180:Comment:14512882014-04-22T02:45:25.663ZMike Colehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MikeCole
<p>what if your brain is dead but your heart hasn't died yet? Are you alive or dead? Different states have different interpretations.</p>
<p>If you were to say "rest in jam" to me, I'd be tempted to punch your lighz out. Cuz 1) you don't understand the concept of death and 2) you're trying to be "cogniscenti" without actually being smart.</p>
<p>And I'm against violence, unless you'r completely fucking ignorant.</p>
<p>what if your brain is dead but your heart hasn't died yet? Are you alive or dead? Different states have different interpretations.</p>
<p>If you were to say "rest in jam" to me, I'd be tempted to punch your lighz out. Cuz 1) you don't understand the concept of death and 2) you're trying to be "cogniscenti" without actually being smart.</p>
<p>And I'm against violence, unless you'r completely fucking ignorant.</p> I shattered my leg and broke…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2014-04-21:1982180:Comment:14512292014-04-21T13:54:52.974ZDavis Goodmanhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/DavisGoodman
<p>I shattered my leg and broke my back when I was younger. I can remember being in so much ripping pain I was begging the paramedics to put me to sleep so that I could wake up after the surgeries. But they couldn't. I had to be able to answer questions to the doctors once at the hospital and they needed to see my reaction as they poked and prodded me. One of the greater horrors of this was that they set my leg not once but twice without any anaesthetic. When they finally wheeled me into the…</p>
<p>I shattered my leg and broke my back when I was younger. I can remember being in so much ripping pain I was begging the paramedics to put me to sleep so that I could wake up after the surgeries. But they couldn't. I had to be able to answer questions to the doctors once at the hospital and they needed to see my reaction as they poked and prodded me. One of the greater horrors of this was that they set my leg not once but twice without any anaesthetic. When they finally wheeled me into the operating room I smiled at a woman and said knowingly "you're going to put me to sleep aren't you?" and she nodded telling me to count down from 10...9.......8.....................</p>
<p>I imagine that some people experience life in general like the boy who was in so much pain he wanted nothing more to have induced unconsciousness. These people suffer greatly and see death as the ultimate pain killer and sleep, regardless of if there is an afterlife or not.</p> I wouldn't overanalyze it. It…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2014-04-21:1982180:Comment:14511592014-04-21T13:13:45.954ZUnseenhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Unseen
<p>I wouldn't overanalyze it. It's just a customary thing to say. There are certain situations that call for customary idiomatic expressions. When someone is about to perform a drama, one says "Break a leg." If a misician is about to perform, associates might say "Knock 'em dead" or "Kill 'em." I don't wonder why people say these things. I don't think RIP is connected to religion because, after all, it seems to contradict the notion that the deceased life will continue, only on a different…</p>
<p>I wouldn't overanalyze it. It's just a customary thing to say. There are certain situations that call for customary idiomatic expressions. When someone is about to perform a drama, one says "Break a leg." If a misician is about to perform, associates might say "Knock 'em dead" or "Kill 'em." I don't wonder why people say these things. I don't think RIP is connected to religion because, after all, it seems to contradict the notion that the deceased life will continue, only on a different plane.</p> I never have liked it partly…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-25:1982180:Comment:12512962013-01-25T00:33:16.905ZSarah Jane Hallhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/SarahJaneHall
<p>I never have liked it partly because when I was a small child, before I learned about abbreviations and would see it on a gravestone i just thought it was saying rip as in rip paper. I know that is a silly reason not to like it but to me seeing that always makes me think what a crappy thing to put on a gravestone. Aside from that it is so unoriginal and it's nonsense. The person is dead not resting. </p>
<p>I never have liked it partly because when I was a small child, before I learned about abbreviations and would see it on a gravestone i just thought it was saying rip as in rip paper. I know that is a silly reason not to like it but to me seeing that always makes me think what a crappy thing to put on a gravestone. Aside from that it is so unoriginal and it's nonsense. The person is dead not resting. </p> I've used it in the past when…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-14:1982180:Comment:12475432013-01-14T19:26:16.540ZBeyonderhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Beyonder
<p>I've used it in the past when I was religious. To me, it has an underlying message that the "soul" remains after our bodies die. Now, we can't know for sure that when we die the energy that makes up our consciousness doesn't continue being conscious -- but we can't know it does either.</p>
<p>Bottom line, it seems harmless and likely meaningless.</p>
<p>I've used it in the past when I was religious. To me, it has an underlying message that the "soul" remains after our bodies die. Now, we can't know for sure that when we die the energy that makes up our consciousness doesn't continue being conscious -- but we can't know it does either.</p>
<p>Bottom line, it seems harmless and likely meaningless.</p> Yea I couldn't say it better…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-12:1982180:Comment:12465232013-01-12T13:02:06.746ZCharles Spencerhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/CharlesSpencer
<p>Yea I couldn't say it better myself. </p>
<p>Yea I couldn't say it better myself. </p> RIP doesn't sound right for a…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-11:1982180:Comment:12460302013-01-11T18:17:22.448ZStregahttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MzStrega
<p>RIP doesn't sound right for a cremation! There's something about those flames.... :)</p>
<p>All my family were or will be cremated. None of us has, or will have tombstones. I have always considered a tombstone as something for the living, to provide them with comfort and to enable them to deal with the absence of a person who was in their lives; a kind of "cardboard cut-out" replacement. As we don't believe in "presence after absence", we just remember our loved ones and bring them back to…</p>
<p>RIP doesn't sound right for a cremation! There's something about those flames.... :)</p>
<p>All my family were or will be cremated. None of us has, or will have tombstones. I have always considered a tombstone as something for the living, to provide them with comfort and to enable them to deal with the absence of a person who was in their lives; a kind of "cardboard cut-out" replacement. As we don't believe in "presence after absence", we just remember our loved ones and bring them back to us by talking about things they did or said in their lives that we can point at to relive the warmth of the place they held in our 'hearts'.</p> If I have a tombstone to put…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-11:1982180:Comment:12458182013-01-11T06:17:01.050Zjared manleyhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/xn/detail/u_1r4w65j9iwhk2
<p>If I have a tombstone to put that on I won't care. I'd like to be cremated. But if I happen to be under a tombstone I don't/won't care. I won't care about the connotation and I don't even have to think about that now. I won't have to think about it because it doesn't make a difference.</p>
<p> "People might think I was religious" I don't/won't care.</p>
<p>If I have a tombstone to put that on I won't care. I'd like to be cremated. But if I happen to be under a tombstone I don't/won't care. I won't care about the connotation and I don't even have to think about that now. I won't have to think about it because it doesn't make a difference.</p>
<p> "People might think I was religious" I don't/won't care.</p> Yoda once told me "In god I b…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-11:1982180:Comment:12460962013-01-11T03:33:10.722Z_Robert_http://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/RobertCampbell
<p>Yoda once told me "In god I believe not, may the schwartz be with you". But that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.</p>
<p>Yoda once told me "In god I believe not, may the schwartz be with you". But that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.</p>